Chelicerate Mushroom Bodies in VRML

The Mushroom Body is a structured neuropil within the arthropod brain associated with learning and memory. These VRML models were constructed for an ongoing project led by Nicholas Strausfeld exploring arthropod evolution. For more information, see the Mushroom Body page on Flybrain.

Scorpion Mushroom Body VRML 56kb GZIP-compressed. VRML 218kb uncompressed.	Solpugid Mushroom Body VRML 144kb GZIP-compressed. VRML 576kb uncompressed.
Uropygid Mushroom Body VRML 100kb GZIP-compressed. VRML 576kb uncompressed.	Amblypygid Mushroom Body VRML 135kb GZIP-compressed. VRML 531kb uncompressed. Quicktime 4.2mb

Composite JPEG image also provided, featuring four scaled chelicerate models in front and side view.

These models were constructed from camera lucida hand-drawings of bodian histological stain preparations. The drawings were digitized, aligned in NIH Image, rendered in IBM Data Explorer, and converted to VRML with Marvin Landis' conversion module. Histology by Robert Gomez and Nicholas Strausfeld.

VRML (virtual reality modeling language) requires a platform specific browser, most which are available at the VRML Repository in San Diego.

Important VRML Links

Introduction to VRML
VRML 1.0 Specification
WebSpace VRML viewer from Silicon Graphics.

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VRML development on 'Flybrain'
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